/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005 costa

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */
package sg.atom.utils.repository.space.extensions.aggregation;

import sg.atom.utils.repository.space.interfaces.ITuple;

/**
 * @author costa TODO Insert comment
 */
public abstract class Aggregator {

	protected ITuple template;

	public Aggregator() {
		template = null;
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * @param template
	 */
	public Aggregator(ITuple template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	public ITuple getTemplate() {
		return template;
	}

	public void setTemplate(ITuple template) {
		this.template = template;
	}

	public abstract ITuple[] aggregate(ITuple[] tuples);
}
